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Thanks for entering the ninth edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Prediction Challenge!

With 29 players, we have the most players taking part since 2011, and a $290 prize pool. There will be five prizes awarded, as follows:

$130.50
$72.50
$43.50
$29.00
$14.50

Please find your predictions attached, and as they were entered by hand, please confirm that your predictions were recorded correctly.

For download: 2013-stanley-cup-conference-quarterfinals-predictions.pdf

Looking at our predictions, nobody has offered any hope that the New York Islanders or Minnesota Wild can upset the top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins or Chicago Blackhawks, respectively. Every other team has at least six players supporting them.

(table corrected May 1, 13)

Series Series Picks Average # of Games
PIT-NYI PIT 29 NYI 0 5.07
MTL-OTT MTL 17 OTT 12 6.31
WSH-NYR WSH 19 NYR 10 6.45
BOS-TOR BOS 23 TOR 6 6.17
CHI-MIN CHI 29 MIN 0 5.00
ANA-DET ANA 21 DET 8 6.21
VAN-SJS VAN 17 SJS 12 6.52
STL-LAK STL 13 LAK 16 6.59